Emerson's "Apposite Metaphors" and the grounds of creativity

Greenham, David

Abstract

This article offers an original interpretation of Emerson's theory of metaphor as a principle of creation as it appears in his lectures and journal of the 1820s and 1830s, the essay 'Nature' (1836), and as it develops into his theory of symbolism in the essay 'The Poet.'

Citation

Greenham, D. (2016). Emerson's "Apposite Metaphors" and the grounds of creativity. Anglo-Saxónica, III(12), 101-120

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 26, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Dec 1, 2016
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Sep 27, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 2, 2017
• Journal: Anglo Saxonica
• Print ISSN: 0873-0628
• Publisher: Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Anglísticos
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: III
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 101-120
• Keywords: Emerson, metaphor, transcendentalism, American renaissance
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/905410
• Publisher URL: http://www.ulices.org/images/site/pdfs/asaxoiii-n12.pdf